16th Sep 2024
Seamless Indoor and Outdoor Living Spaces: Finding the Perfect Tile Flooring
Want a seamless indoor-outdoor transition in your home? Consider matching your indoor and outdoor tiles.
This clever style can help you create a cohesive look, making your living space appear bigger, and achieving a stylish aesthetic with long-lasting and durable materials.
Integrating indoor and outdoor spaces and matching indoor and outdoor tiles is tricky. But the aim isn’t to find an exact match – instead, you should combine two complementary styles.
This guide will provide insights, tips, and Tile Space’s recommendations on matching indoor and outdoor tiles for homeowners and builders.
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What we’ll cover in this article:
- Our Matching and Complementing Indoor and Outdoor Tiles
- Why You Should Consider Matching Indoor and Outdoor Tiles
- Expanding Living Spaces with Matching Indoor and Outdoor Tiles
- FAQs
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Our Matching and Complementing Indoor and Outdoor Tiles
| Style | Indoor | Outdoor | Considerations |
| Industrial/Dark | Rockin Lava Matt 60
| Shell Anthracite Grip 60
| Create a contemporary and polished indoor area with Rockin Lava Matt, partnered with Shell Anthracite for your outdoor lounge. Together, these tiles can help blend your interiors and exteriors. |
| Modern elegance | Lombarda Viva Argenta Matt 60
| Lombarda Viva Argenta Grip 60
| Lombarda Viva Argenta Matt is a great option for indoor surfaces, suitable for both floors and walls. Combine this with Lombarda Viva Argenta Grip for your patio to create an effortless transition and an elegant outdoor seating area. |
| Clean and sleek | Shale Greige Matt 60x120
| Shale Greige Grip 60
| Stain-, frost-, and chemical-resistant, the Shale series is perfect for matching indoor and outdoor tiles. Shale Greige Matt can be utilised as indoor tiles for your living room (including walls), paired with Shale Greige Grip for your outdoor patio, pool decking, or lounge areas. |
| Urban modern | Runa Grigio Scuro 60x120
| Anthology Earth Grip 60x120
| While not matching per se, these premium tiles are a complementary combination of style and functionality. Runa Grigio Scuro remains an understated indoor tile, ideal for kitchens that extend towards a patio. Once outside, Anthology Earth Grip offers a harmonious shift as an outdoor tile for an al fresco dining space. |
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3 Reasons To Consider Matching Indoor and Outdoor Tiles
Matching indoor and outdoor tiles can transform your home, elevating not only the aesthetics but also your overall living experience. Bring the outside in with matching indoor and outdoor tiles.
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1. Blur the boundaries for more functional spaces
Matching indoor and outdoor tiles offer more than just stylish aesthetics. Utilising indoor and outdoor tiles allows you to naturally extend your living space, maximising your home’s potential. By creating additional (outdoor) areas for entertainment, relaxing, and gatherings all year round, you can boost your home’s functionality and value.
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2. Enjoy a more coordinated style
Harmonise spaces for a seamless indoor and outdoor flow through matching indoor and outdoor tiles. A seamless design provides a cohesive look that instantly enhances your home’s aesthetics and appeal. Tiles suitable for indoor and outdoor purposes allow you to use consistent flooring throughout your living space, connecting each room to the next and opening opportunities for modern living.
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3. Embrace the benefits of tiles throughout your home
High-quality tiles are durable, versatile, and can be used throughout your home. In particular, you can use outdoor tiles’ resistance to fading, wear, and stains by implementing them indoors. Tiles are also easy to clean, making them ideal for high- and low-traffic areas such as the kitchen, bathroom, living room, and patio.
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Expanding Living Spaces with Matching Indoor and Outdoor Tiles
The ultimate goal is to create functional and stylish spaces that seamlessly connect the indoors and outdoors, and complementing or matching indoor and outdoor tiles can help homeowners, designers, and renovators do exactly this. Transform your home with floor and wall tiles that extend to your outdoor space.
Find the perfect indoor and outdoor tiles for your bathroom, kitchen, or other area within our wide range of premium flooring tiles at Tile Space.
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FAQs
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Are outdoor tiles different to indoor tiles?
Yes. Outdoor tiles should ideally be 20mm thick and weather-resistant, often in a grip finish for safety. Indoor tiles don’t necessarily need these features and are usually available in more decorative designs and colours.
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What happens if you use indoor tiles outside?
Indoor tiles not designed for outdoor use will deteriorate quickly if placed outside. From the weather and temperatures to the sun and debris, indoor tiles aren’t as durable or hard-wearing as outdoor tiles. This can lead to colour fading and slippery surfaces that pose safety hazards.
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Do indoor and outdoor tiles have to match?
No. Indoor and outdoor tiles don’t have to match precisely. While matching indoor and outdoor tiles, they don’t have to match in every way, but they should look alike and emanate a similar ambience or aesthetic. Complementary, not matching, tiles are also an excellent option for coordinating indoor and outdoor spaces.
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